Knowledge sharing through informal networking: An overview and agenda

International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-294

  Schwartz, Michael ^a   Hornych, Christoph ^a,b  

^a HALLE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Informal networking; Information trading; Knowledge sharing; Knowledge transfer; Knowledge based environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870286952     PISSN: 20404468     EISSN: 20404476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJKBD.2011.042520     Document Type: Review

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